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/dɪsˈmeɪ/ · verb
To cause to feel apprehension; great sadness, or fear; to deprive of energy..
Be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed.
What words be these? What fears do you dismay?
Do not dismay yourself for this.
Dismay not, princes, at this accident,
He looked in dismay at the destruction of the town caused by the hurricane.
Come on: in this there can be no dismay; My ships come home a month before the day.
US reputational damage is not confined to Europe. There was dismay among the G7 countries that a joint statement on tackling the pandemic could not be agreed because Trump insisted on calling it the “Wuhan virus” – his crude way of pinning sole blame on China.
Use dismay when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Dismay means To cause to feel apprehension; great sadness, or fear; to deprive of energy..
Common synonyms include daunt, appall, terrify, consternation.
Possible antonyms include elate, uplift, lift up, intoxicate.
Be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed.
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